Turkey seen turning to second bidder in lottery tender -minister

Net Holding

15/04/2015 08:03

ANKARA, April 15 (Reuters) - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet 
Simsek said on Wednesday the country's national lottery 
privatisation tender process will probably continue with the 
second highest bidder, rather than extending further the time 
for the top bidder to sign a deal. 
    Top bidder Net Holding  NTHOL.IS  said earlier that an 
agreement for the lottery privatisation could not be signed on 
April 15 as previously announced, triggering a 9.4 percent slide 
in its shares. 
 
 (Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by 
Nick Tattersall) 
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Keywords: TURKEY LOTTERY/TENDER